Placement type for CLA outside LA boundary
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Placement type for children looked after placed inside or outside the LA boundary on 31 March each year.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children looked after: A focus on placement location
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 90
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of CLA placed inside LA boundary
- Number of CLA placed outside LA boundary
- Percentage of CLA placed inside LA boundary
- Filters
- Type of placement for children looked after
- Time period
- 2015 to 2024
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_name | country_code | placement_group | child_count_out | percent_count_out | child_count_in | percent_count_in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Reporting year | National | England | E92000001 | Foster placements with relative or friend | 2310 | 8.289019833 | 5610 | 13.48098681 |
| 2015 | Reporting year | National | England | E92000001 | Foster placements with other foster carer | 16970 | 60.96579477 | 26680 | 64.09233947 |
| 2015 | Reporting year | National | England | E92000001 | Placed for adoption | 2330 | 8.378844496 | 1250 | 2.995507939 |
| 2015 | Reporting year | National | England | E92000001 | Placed with parents or other person with parental responsibility | 560 | 2.015665421 | 3010 | 7.230536405 |
| 2015 | Reporting year | National | England | E92000001 | Secure homes and children's homes | 3550 | 12.75510204 | 2450 | 5.890124673 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| child_count_in | Number of CLA placed inside LA boundary |
| child_count_out | Number of CLA placed outside LA boundary |
| percent_count_in | Percentage of CLA placed inside LA boundary |
| percent_count_out | Percentage of CLA placed outside LA boundary |
| placement_group | Type of placement for children looked after |
Footnotes
- Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures in some tables may be suppressed, denoted by a 'c', percentages <0.5% are denoted by a 'k' . Historical data may differ from older children looked after publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the publication. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements.
- In 2024 there were 153 local authorities and 13 secure units in England, therefore most placements will inevitably be outside the local authority boundary.
- The category 'Independent and semi-independent living arrangements/ supported accommodation' reports data for young people in placements in former semi-independent living arrangements and living independently up to and including 2023. From 2024 all placements are supported accommodation (registered with Ofsted). From 28 October 2023 it became illegal for young people to be placed in former semi independent and independent living placements. Supported accommodation providers were required to submit a completed application to Ofsted by 28 October 2023. In 2024, young people who were placed in former semi independent and independent living placements with providers who had not submitted a completed application by the deadline are reported within the 'Other' category.
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